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NYT Crossword — March 17, 2026

Tuesday’s 16 × 15 puzzle, 79 clues. The full solution is below — answers stay masked until you reveal them, one clue or all at once.

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Across

37 clues

1Place to crash

5Bubbly beverage

9Unflinching in the face of danger

15R&B singer Redding

16Title girl in a Beach Boys hit

17Thin Mints and Tagalongs

20In danger of being lost

21Spice mixture

22Sci-fi character who says "Your father, he is"

23Successor to F.D.R.

24Midwest capital named for a president

26One in a breakfast chain?

29D- or F-worthy

32"It's super-appreciated!," in a modern initialism

33Holm of "The Hobbit"

34Museum of the Moving ___ (site dedicated to TV and film)

36Many a North African

37Dose dropped for a trip

41Fairy tale villain

42Actress Kirsten

44Little squirt in a garage, say

45Turn suddenly

46Like the last name of poet William Wordsworth

47Likely to attract attention, as a criminal case

54Higher educ. assessment

55Smoothie fruit

57Portuguese greeting

58Victorio and Geronimo, for two

62Hopelessly internet-brained ... or a description of the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across?

65"Space ___" (1969 David Bowie single)

66Props for a golfer

68Shakes hands with, perhaps

69Have over to one's house

70Pain in the butt

Down

42 clues

1Sprawling story

2"Doing as we speak!"

3Seasonal tree purchases

5Old-fashioned, for one

6Great Plains tribe

7Actor Simu ___ of "Barbie"

8Concerning the stars

9Network with "Dexter" and "Shameless," in brief

10Home to Shibuya Crossing, the world's busiest pedestrian intersection

11Deli order that may lead to pungent breath

12Like patrons at the door of a "21+ only" nightclub, informally

13"Mi ___, su ___"

16Bird that sings at dawn

19Rapper Kid ___

24Put back together

25Enjoy the slopes

26Pancake topper

27Like some experimental theater

28What to go to Citgo to get

30See eye to eye

31Road Xing animal

32"And that's the trick!"

40Bit of internet writing

48It might be dramatic or cosmic

49___ monster (Southwest reptile)

50Hospital concern

53Minimum or maximum

55Small bit of matter

58Nautical assents

59Bring on for a job

60Grandson of Adam and Eve

61Label that's typically between "Inbox" and "Drafts"

63"___ all good, my man!"

64Actor DiCaprio, to fans

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Stats & info

Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026

16×15

Grid size

79

Total entries

40/200

Black / letter cells

5.1

Avg entry length

16 ltrs

Longest entry

Easy

Tuesday difficulty

PuzzleThe Crossword

PublishedMar 17, 2026

DayTuesday

ThemeUntitled

ConstructorKiran Pandey

EditorWill Shortz

Clue split37 across · 42 down

Longest entries

17AThin Mints and Tagalongs16 ltrs 62AHopelessly internet-brained ... or a description of the ends of 17-, 26-, 37- and 47-Across?16 ltrs 26AOne in a breakfast chain?11 ltrs 47ALikely to attract attention, as a criminal case11 ltrs 11DDeli order that may lead to pungent breath10 ltrs

Tuesday sits one notch above Monday, usually with a light theme and a few playful clues. This grid has 40 black squares and averages 5.1 letters per entry.